The government has signed two contracts to secure warehouse space for the storage of drugs as part of ‘no-deal’ Brexit planning but officials are still working to secure a third with just 11 weeks to go before the UK leaves the EU. Following queries by the Guardian, the Department of Health said that two contracts for warehousing had been signed shortly before Christmas and a third is expected to be signed “in the very near future”. Don't hoard medicines for Brexit, health secretary says Read moreA claim by the secretary of state for health, Matt Hancock, that his department had paid for 5,000 industrial-sized refrigerators, appears not to have been entirely accurate, however. While the warehouses have refrigeration capacity, the department has not purchased individual fridges, the Guardian has been told. “When we know that a ‘no-deal’ is absolutely avoidable, this is a scandalous waste of money.

Source: The Guardian January 11, 2019 07:00 UTC